Tool for paper-hangers or other mechanics.



UNITED STATES PATENT rricn.,

IRVING LEVVIS HAVVKINS, OF WINDSOR, NEW YORK.

TOOL FOR PAPE-R-HANGERS OR OTHER MCHANICS.

SPECIFICTION formng part of Letters Patent No. 680,586, dated August 13, 1901.

Application filed October 3, 1900. Serial No. 31,839. (No model.)

T0 all whom/ it may conccrn:

Be it known that LIRVING LEWIS HAWKINS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Windsor,in the county of Brooine and State of New York, have invented a new and Innproved Tool for Paper-Hangersor other Mechanics, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention'is to provide a new and iinpro ved tool for paper-hangers and other mechanics, andarranged more especially to permit the user to readily smooth the paper on the wall, to properly roll down the lap at the joining of adjacent papers, and to permit of quickly trimming the ends and the side edges of the paper.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forniing a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate cor- .responding parts in all the views.

Figure l is aside elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

The iniproved tool illustrated in the drawings consists, essentially, of a brush such as is used by paper-hangers, the brush having a back A, with bristles B projecting from one edge, the other edge carrying a roller O, journaled in suitable bearings on the back and projecting beyond the edge to permit of using the roller for flattening down the paper on the Wall. The axis of the roller O extends lengthwisc of the brush A, and the roller is of sufiicient length to permit of fiattening down the seam portion of the paper, it being un- I derstood that when the device is used for this purpose the operator takes hold of the brushback and brings the roller in contact with the paper and then moves the brush-back so as to roll the roller on the paper with sulficient pressure to securely press the paper against the wall, and thereby flatten the paper.

In order to permit of fiattening or smoothing the paper at the Corners, I prefer to use a small roller D, journaled at one end of the the roller D is located is formed a longitudi-- nally-extending recess, in which norinailylies acutter E, in the form of a knife fulcrumed at E' on the brush-back, a spring F pressing against the under side of the handle E2 of the knife, so as to hold the knife E normally within the recess in the brush-back. To per-V mit the handle E2 of the-knife to be readily' depressed by the thumb or fiuger of the operator, the brush-back is provided with a de-4 pression or cavity at the inner end of the recess in which the knife is pivoted, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the operator lhas hold of the brush-back and presses the handle E2, then the knife, with its cutting edge, swings out of the recess to permit of using the knife for trimrning paper and the like. When the operator releases the pressure on the handle E2, then the spring Freturns the knife, so that the latter lies within the walls of the recess, and consequently its Cutting edge is out of the way and not liable to injure the user of the tool. It is understood that the outer edge of the knife E forms the cutting edge, while the inner or back .edge thereof normally rests on the bottom of the recess in the brush back, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2.

By the arrangeinent dcscribed the operator is enabled to readily place the paper in position on the Wall by brushing the paper with the bristles B and then by iiattening the seam portion of the paper securely on the wall by the use of the roller O or D.

By having the knife E the operator is enabled to readily cut the paper along its edges or ends, and especially adapted for trimming the paper along the casings of doors and Windows and along the base-boards. To use the knife, the brush is grasped by the operator so as to be held in a reverse position to that IOO which it is held when in use as a brush, and by projeeting the knife, as hereinbefore desoribed, the paper can be readily trimmed.

Although I have desoribed the tool as particularly designed for the use of paper-bangers, it is evident that such tool may be used by other mechanies for other purposes and that the form of the knife may be changed to meet existing conditions. If desired, a tracing-Wheel or rotary knife may be employed instead of the roller D to permit of doing ti'aoing-work on patterns, &c.

I'Iaving thns fully deseribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In apaper-hangefis tool, a brush having a longitndinal recess in its back at one end, a pivored blade arranged in the recess with its back next to the bottom of the reoess, said blade beingr provided with a handle at one end, and a spring for normally holding the blade in the reoess, as set forth.

2. In a paper-hangeifs tool, a brush having a longitndinal reoess in its hack at one end, and a depression or cavity at the inner end of the reeess, a blade pivoted in the reoess with its back norinally resting on the bottoni of the reeess, said blade being provided with a handle at one end, and a spring in the recess and bearing against the handle of the blade, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presenee of two snbseribing' witnesses.

IRVING LEWIS HAIVKINS.

VVitnesses:

M. A. TOMPKINs, F. L. GooDENoUGH. 

